Today, I want to respond to a question about Turkish social-security applications. The question comes from Terry, who asks: “Dear Orhan, I have been working in Turkey with a work permit since...

Gather 'round the old radio — sort of — for an evening of music and comedy at Seattle's Museum of History & Industry on Sunday. The local Pontiac Bay Orchestra will perform Big...

The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face as they make the...

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners expecting a pension rise next week may instead face a cut because of the Rudd government's belief in the strength of the economic recovery.As millions of...

Jeremy Wotherspoon will end his spectacular long-track speedskating career on Saturday when he announces his retirement from the sport at a news conference in the Netherlands. Michael Crowe, his...

An inquest is to be held into the death of an elderly crash victim in Cornwall.Frank Beer, 83, died when his Peugeot 107 was in collision with a Land Rover on the A30 at Lewannick, near Launceston,...

SOUTH African anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer, a close friend of former president Nelson Mandela and supporter of the late Steve Biko, died in hospital overnight, a family friend...

TAMPA, Fla. -- The 73-year-old man charged with robbing three Tampa banks to pay his mortgage has been released from jail.James Bruce was released on his own recognizance at a court hearing Friday,...

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- For more than 55 years, Savannah counted Ellis Square among its lost historic treasures. Of the city's 22 public squares, Ellis Square was one of the first plotted in 1733. Since...

Vasia Veremi may be only 28, but as a hairdresser in Athens, she is keenly aware that, under a current law that treats her job as hazardous to her health, she has the right to retire with a full...

March 8 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., the New York- based bank run by Jamie Dimon, is the world’s biggest hedge-fund firm by assets, according to Pensions & Investments...

A credit-card company warned Nova Scotian seniors to be vigilant against scammers at a public meeting Thursday. Michael D'Sa, Visa's head of data security, said nearly one-fifth of all Canadians...

Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin last weekend announced the pension rises promised in the budget last year but also lifted the interest rate to calculate earnings on pensioners' assets from...

Older women whose pap spear tests showed atypical cells waited longer than younger women to get a colposcopy, putting them at greater risk of developing cervical cancer, a new study...

WASHINGTON — The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year. That's well above the 16.6 percent jobless rate for...

Elderly people need more attention in the response to January's earthquake in Haiti and more appreciation of the role they can play in the relief effort, say aid workers. Some 800,000 Haitians, or...

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Conference Room of the St Lucian Hotel was packed to capacity for the CMMB & First Citizens Pension Fund Management Workshop held on 9th March, 2010. The panel of...

A group of elderly veterans from Victoria has pushed the B.C. government into retreat from plans to evict the local legion.The veterans made an emotional plea for help Thursday after the government...

Yeovil leather firm Pittards has had its pension schemes accepted into the Government's Pension Protection Fund.The safety net pays compensation to workers whose company pension is likely to fall...

After a couple of months in the hospital it became clear that my dad, Harvey Alderman, could not return to solo living. He was fragile and forgetful, and there was no way he could keep track of the...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a key member of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line nicknamed the "Fearsome Foursome," died at the age of 69 on Thursday...

Charlotte Court, the oldest seniors rental housing building on P.E.I., is going to be replaced. People living in Charlottetown residence have been complaining for months about the lack of repairs at...

, according to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The surgery also significantly improves dynamic balance among elderly...

But while Ian Deary's job is partly carried out with one foot in the past, his quadruple-screened computer in the corner shows just where his research is going – into the future. And he's hoping to...

An Institute of Advanced Motorists online poll has found that 73 percent of people would report elderly friends or relatives if they were worried about their driving. Of 1628 people who responded,...

Two elderly woman, one of whom is in her 90s, have been burgled at a house in the Cavehill area of north Belfast.At about 2040 GMT on Thursday, police received a report that two men had forced their...

FREMONT — With their eyes set on a parcel tax, the school board this week unanimously approved spending up to $105,000 on consultant fees, public outreach and a poll to determine when and how...

MICKY Jones, guitarist with legendary Welsh rock band Man, has died aged 63 after a long illness. Formed in 1968, Man became known for their progressive rock and “West Coast”...

OASIS, one of the most experienced and successful organizations providing lifelong learning and service opportunities for adults age 50 and over, has been awarded an American Society on Aging-MetLife...

At issue is the health of the Social Security Trust Funds, which collect payroll taxes to pay for Americans' retirement and disability benefits. Since 1984, the funds have taken in more than they...

The Shankara BioRegenesis Skin Care System includes the gem of the product line: Shankara's transformational, proprietary Regenesis-Energen BioComplex, the core component and catalyst within many of...

Public employees benefits in the state may never be the same -- at least for future hirees. Grappling with a $6.5 billion hole in long-term obligations, lawmakers approved the most dramatic...

A study has shown that older men are more susceptible to absent-mindedness than women. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters It's been an endless source of aggravation between the sexes; how can men so...

In the University of London study, which included 9,600 people in their 50s, it was found that middle-aged women have better memories than men.In the first experiment, volunteers test listened to 10...